A connection to a database is a resource intensive operation that typically comprises a few steps. A channel of communication between the application and the database should be established before the ...

The ability to open several connections to a database and distribute those connections to the next available request for data. On the Web, connection pooling is performed to improve performance.

TOTD #9 explained how to configure JDBC connection pooling for Rails application deployed on GlassFish v2. There are several benefits of using using the JDBC connection pools: No need to create a new ...

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